Contracts Specialist-AnnapolisZenoss

--Draft clear, well written contract documents from approved forms
--Manage and coordinate contract requests, process, execution, and documentation-workflow management
--Improve and manage the Company's contract management system
--Review modifications to standard agreements per department guidelines
--Handle negotiations on assigned contracts
--Manage escalation of contract issues through the legal and management organizations
--Respond to inquiries about contracts and other commercial questions
--Review and negotiate vendor agreements
--RFP and RFI compliance review
--Capture and track contract obligations
--Maintain contract repository
--Research, recommend and implement systems that track the lifecycle of contracts from approval, negotiation and execution to expiration and renewal

Qualifications

--Minimum 5 years' experience in administering, reviewing, drafting and negotiating contracts, preferably within a software or other technology company
--Solid background in contracts with the ability to (a) draft form agreements and (b) review, understand, synthesize, and communicate basic provisions from various types of contracts
--BA/BS or paralegal certification from ABA accredited program
--Ability to multi-task and respond to rapidly changing environment
--Careful reader and meticulous attention to detail
--Ability to take initiative and improve the status quo
--Excellent business writing skills
-- Experience interacting and negotiating with customers, vendors and opposing counsel

Today's cloud infrastructures need a new approach to IT management. Zenoss is a next generation management solution being used today to monitor the world's leading Cloud infrastructures. Zenoss provides insight and unified operations for large-scale physical, virtual and cloud-based IT environments. Zenoss is the one solution to give you complete control and visibility of your IT infrastructure, no matter where you are on your journey from physical to virtual to the cloudInvestors:Boulder Ventures, Grotech Ventures, Intersouth Partners, Summit PartnersAll Jobs:at Zenoss

Zenoss came about to address a global problem in IT operations. For years now, organizations of all sizes have struggled to find IT management software that delivered the right mix of functionality, ease and affordability.
Through our integrated, model-driven product and by taking a new approach to management software that combines the benefits of open source with the best aspects of commercial development, we offer a new alternative.